Hunting pack

[M_ray]

Just kidding ... heck I'd do it just for the fun of it!

[Mortgage Hunter]

That's a deal.  I can handle the meat, head and rack.  You've got the hooves, ankles and knees.   

[actionshooter]

Mortgage Hunter & Action Shooter,
My response to jakelpoe was to point out the difference in weight to two comparable packs not a 2800 vs. a 4500 or 6800. And jackelope admits that in his response back to me.

Easy Mray, I said in my experience that the 2800 wasn't large enough.The post wasn't directed at you. If it works for you thats what works for you. In my post I pointed out that I don't have any experience with the badlands. From your pics I'm not sure that pack would be classified as a 2800(I know thats what they call it), theres a ton of room when its opened up. My first real pack was an REI 2900 internal and the problem with it was that it wasn't big enough, there was no way to attach anything to the outside (easly). I could get a boned out deer and some camp in it or some boned out deer and camp  It never seemed to workout right 

 The most important thing is the fit, Its amazing how much weight a person can pack if its comforatable and balanced

[shootemup]

i use a jim horn canadian....very comforable big built in frame and expands from about 2800 ish to almost 4000ci

[jdb]

I use several. for every day use I use a crooked horn outfitters, when traveling light I use a browning and for packing meat I use a cabelas alaskan JB

[M_ray]

Easy Mray,

I'm easy I simply wanted to pointed out that I was comparing two like items ... you said you use a 6800 and that a 2900 didn't work well for you and that

From my experience a 2800ci pack wont cut it for any extended hunt bringing meat out.

  I think your are right unless you have a 6800ci pack and are 300 pounds of solid muscle I don't care who you are you are making more than one trip so it may as well be a comfy one!  The reason the badlands is classified a 2800 is because that's what the pockets hold, you cant really count the space designed to be a pack board because it isn't really a enclosed pocket. Actionshooter I had the same problem you did in the Alpine last year here is a third of a mule deer and very little of my camp. With a very uncomfortable pack I might add!


I had to come back in to get the rest of this later.

The most important thing is the fit, Its amazing how much weight a person can pack if its comfortable and balanced

My point exactly I'm with ya there we do agree more than you think

[actionshooter]

In that pic is that an Arc teryx (sp?)?

[gray brow]

High Country, my Nimrod N-325 didn't come with a rifle scabbard.  You can buy a scabbard as an accessory for an extra 120 bones or so, but I didn't and don't find the need for one.  Are you thinking of an Eberlestock maybe?  It looks like they have an integrated rifle scabbard you can't opt out of.

I should probably post pics of mine.  I'm not sure a lot of guys know what they are.  If you look at the catalog, it appears the thing is a frame pack or something.  Actually, it's a soft pack with 2 simple aluminum bars in the fanny pack for a frame.  It's basically a fanny pack attached to shoulder straps with a wide padded belt, so it's real secure and adjustable for comfortable fit/weight distribution.  The best way to describe how it works when in hunting mode is to look at the Pinnacle Pack in the catalog or website.

Some of the comments I've read seem to indicate guys think these packs are beefy/heavy internal or external frame back packs or something.  Not so.  These things are light, waterproof fleece fanny packs and only convert to a serious hauling pack when you need to pack meat or haul cargo.  The thing is, all you really do to convert to heavy hauling is pull the cargo bag out of the fanny, insert two aluminum bars to form the internal frame for that part, attach it to the shoulder straps and it sits on and attaches to the top of the fanny.

I know my buddies had to see the thing in action hunting and then hauling meat before they could believe how well it worked.  On one trip, packing elk out a few miles out to the truck, my one buddy was convinced after he noticed I never fiddled with my pack when we stopped for breathers (uphill about the first mile and a half, of course) while he was constantly adjusting the straps on his external frame freighter pack to get more comfortable.  And yes, like all of the rigid frame pack board types, his was a mile away from us at the time the elk went down.

Since I got my Nimrod, I have not seen another one in the field except for the ones my buddies have converted to.  Not sure most guys understand them too well, yet.

[high country]

trust me I know what I bought. made right over in cashmere......that is why I bought it. I see the nimrod crew on my high country hunts every couple years, I tried to help the local guy. the build quality was good, the theroy is good too, but for me, I never need to convert my b-pack to a fanny pack, if I did that is when I would can a doosie and have to go back for my pack....see what I mean?

no two guys can wear the same pack with the same comfort.....differnt stroke for different folks.

find one that fits and be happy.

[M_ray]

In that pic is that an Arc teryx (sp?)?

No it's something cheap ... I think it's called an Infinity.

[coonhound]

I'm another fan of the Eberlestock J104.  It is a work horse that is easily converted to haul meat.  I've used it on day hunts and multiple night hunts. 

I hauled out an elk in September, 5 miles in some tough ground and a buck this December.  In all I have packed 2 elk and 3 deer and couldn't be more pleased.

Coon